Introducing the BE:IMPACT Prize: A new £15,000 prize for UK charity campaigns
BE:IMPACT PRIZE 2026
Applications are now open for the BE:IMPACT Prize, created by Blue Earth with Founding Partner The Kindness Forecast.
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Freddie O'SheaPublished
August 25, 2026Applications are now open for the BE:IMPACT Prize, created by Blue Earth with Founding Partner The Kindness Forecast, giving six UK charities the opportunity to take their campaigns to the Main Stage.
At Blue Earth, we’ve seen what can happen when a powerful idea reaches the right room.
A pitch becomes an introduction. An introduction becomes funding. A story finds an audience, and begins to build momentum.
Through BE:100, we’ve created that opportunity for businesses working to shape a better future. Now, we’re opening the stage to the charities acting where profit cannot.
The impact is already there
Across the UK, small and mid-sized charities are doing extraordinary work.
They are restoring nature, strengthening communities, confronting inequality and changing systems. They understand the challenges because they are living and working alongside them every day.
But while larger organisations can invest in campaigns, content and communications, smaller charities often have to make a choice: deliver the work or tell the world about it.
Delivery wins. The story goes untold.
The BE:IMPACT Prize exists to change that.
In October 2026, six charities will pitch live on the Main Stage at Blue Earth Summit, putting their campaigns in front of thousands of business leaders, funders, partners and changemakers.
The winner will be decided through a combination of expert judging and a live audience vote.
One charity will receive £10,000 in unrestricted funding, while each of the five runners-up will receive £1,000, creating a total prize fund of £15,000.
One stage. A much bigger opportunity.
The funding matters. But it is only the beginning.
Every finalist will gain visibility across Blue Earth and The Kindness Forecast, access to our network of funders and partners, and support from mentors spanning impact strategy, funding, film production, advertising and marketing.
The winning charity will go on to work with impact storytelling experts to transform its campaign into a film, premiering at London Climate Week 2027.
Because a great story can do more than communicate impact. It can bring people inside a challenge, shift how they see it and give them a reason to act.
That belief will run through the Summit from its opening frame. Blue Earth Summit 2026 will begin with a screening of KULEANA, a feature documentary narrated by Woody Harrelson that brings the global plastic pollution crisis to life through the people confronting it.
BE takes that same belief and places it directly in the hands of UK charities.
Could this be your campaign?
BE is open to organisations registered with the Charity Commission in the UK, with an annual income between £5,000 and £1 million.
Applicants must have an active campaign, or a clearly defined campaign ready to launch, within one of five categories:
We’re not looking for the organisation with the biggest team, the largest budget or the most polished film.
We’re looking for courageous work with real impact, and a story the world needs to hear.